Harriet the spy

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Call Number: J Fiction / Fitzhugh, Louise, Kids Book / Fiction / Classic / Fitzhugh, Louise
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J Fiction / Fitzhugh, Louise	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J Fiction / Fitzhugh, Louise	4-week checkout	Due 05-03-2024
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Classic / Fitzhugh, Louise	4-week checkout	Due 04-13-2024

Includes tributes by Judy Blume, Meg Cabot, Nick Clark, Patricia Reilly Giff, Lenore Look, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Leonard S. Marcus, Kirsten Miller, Pat Scales, Anita Silvey, Rebecca Stead, Elizabeth Winthrop and Judy Zuckerman.
Eleven-year-old Harriet keeps notes on her classmates and neighbors in a secret notebook, but when some of the students read the notebook, they seek revenge.

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Nothing better submitted by lylee1001 on August 13, 2018, 8:08pm There are books that change lives. They shape their readers and change lives. This is one of those books.

Harriet is a lonely child raised by a thoroughly old school NYC nanny. With busy parents she spends a lot of time being on her own. Her friends are similar but for different reasons. Each one is a unique person, no child stereotypes here.

Harriet spends her out of school time spying on various people her in neighborhood and recording her thoughts in her journal. She records all her thoughts in her journal--spying or about her classmates. And then the journal goes missing.

There is nothing contrived about how this all resolves. There is no child acting angelic or heroic. No parent saves the day (maybe the nanny a bit). This a story about life, consequences, and growing up.

good book submitted by Satvika on June 19, 2019, 6:15pm nice book

Touching submitted by O'Eily on July 25, 2019, 4:07pm It was great how when everything seemed bleak, Harriet came back. Nicely written.